Welcome to Homeschool Mom Collective
Homeschool Mom Collective is an online community designed to support and uplift homeschooling mamas with gospel-centered resources and connection. Run by a team of dedicated homeschooling moms with diverse experiences and areas of expertise, our heart beats with a shared passion: leading our children to Christ in everyday life at home and in our schooling endeavors.
Our mission is simple yet profound—to encourage, equip, and empower moms in their God-given calling to motherhood and homeschooling.
What to Expect
Take a moment to get to know our team of Contributing Writers! Each of these incredible women bring a unique perspective on motherhood and homeschooling, sharing content that’s relatable, honest, and filled with heart. Our moms cover a range of helpful resources—from practical tips and inspiring unit studies to recipes and creative project ideas that will add fun to your homeschool days.
You can expect everything from Pinterest-worthy crafts to vulnerable #momfails and uplifting encouragement for the tougher moments of motherhood. Every post is crafted with care to bring you content that’s not just informative but also encouraging, with the gospel at its core. Our hope is that as you explore, you’ll leave feeling inspired, equipped, and reminded of the good news of the gospel.
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Meet the Homeschool Mom Collective Team
Cierra Bragan
Founder + Contributing Writer
Cierra, a busy and blessed mom of 5 (ages 7 and under), is passionate about teaching God’s Word and discipleship. With less than two years of homeschooling experience under her belt she quickly realized how necessary resources and support would be for homeschooling Moms. As the Owner of Miami Mom Collective, a thriving media company and community, Cierra sought to provide similar resources for homeschooling moms and thus Homeschool Mom Collective was born. When she’s not changing diapers or dishing out 400 snacks a day, you can find her reorganizing her homeschool supplies for the 100th time, singing her favorite CC jingles, picking up toys, or sneaking in a cup of tea while reading or listening to a podcast. She hopes that God receives glory and moms feel seen, known, and loved as they encounter the gospel-centered resources and community offered by Homeschool Mom Collective.
Christian-Emilee Van Puffelen
Contributing Writer
Christian-Emilee, or CE, is the proud wife to Josiah and mom to Lorelei, Beau, and Callaway! She is passionate about providing a gospel-centered education for her children and loves to share ideas for adventurous and fun learning. What matters most to her in homeschooling is relationships! She wants her kids to love the Lord and to have a strong family culture that will hold together for years to come! She has worked previously as a kindergarten and first grade teacher and an events coordinator. Currently she keeps herself busy with her photography business, homeschooling, needlepoint, and church events. This is her first year homeschooling! Her family lives in Birmingham, AL and spends most of their free time with friends, trying new recipes, or cheering for The Tide! You can find Christian-Emilee on instagram @CE_homeschools
Daniella Trujillo
Contributing Writer
Daniella Trujillo, of Colombian descent, was born in Norwalk, CT, then raised in Tampa, FL. She completed her undergrad at the USF-Tampa, graduating as a first-gen college student, with her B.A. in CSD. For the past 10 years, she has been living in Miami where she attended FIU to obtain her M.S. degree in speech-language pathology back in 2014. Daniella has dedicated herself as a bilingual (Spanish-English) pediatric SLP for 7+ years, working in a variety of settings, and recently, via teletherapy with the pediatric population. Daniella has been married to her Miami-native husband, Hesly, and they raise their Disney Cars collector, miracle pre-k tot: Enzo. Daniella enjoys drinking cafecito, exploring So Flo’, cruising and Disney World trips with her peeps, aka Truventuras! She feels blessed to join HMC as a first-generation homeschool working mama to connect with other homeschool mamas on how to best raise, connect, and educate gospel-centered children. Connect with on Instagram at @trulatinaspeechie
Vanessa Ruiz
Contributing Writer
Vanessa Ramirez is a former elementary school teacher who has a passion for her Catholic faith and family. After 16 years in the classroom, she decided to stay home to take care of her two little ones. She has a bachelors degree in Elementary Education and a Masters in Reading Education from K-12. She loves sharing evidence-based strategies to help parents with their child’s learning development. She currently started a small business teaching Mommy and Me classes in her beautiful Ave Maria community. She feels extremely blessed to be part of the Homeschool Mom Collective community to connect with other parents who want to enrich their children’s life with Jesus Christ!
Alondra Ponce
Contributing Writer
Alondra is a SAHM mom of two beautiful children and a proud wife to a first responder. She is a former elementary teacher turned homeschool mom. The transition of having a thriving career to becoming a stay-at-home-mom, was quite the challenge for her. This change gave her a different perspective on motherhood and life. It took a lot of conversations with God to realize that she was placed in this position for a greater purpose. This past year, Alondra was determined to use her background in education and hands-on learning to start a homeschool learning pod. Her “me time” consists of a good workout session. It is how she fills her cup in order to show up for others. Alondra enjoys listening to a good podcast and never turns down a personal development book. You can follow Alondra on Instagram where she shares her passion for teaching. @Thecreativeteachingnest
Valerie Barbosa
Contributing Writer
Valerie is a Venezuelan-American mom of three. She moved to Miami to study and build a career, and while doing so, ended up building a family with her Brazilian husband. Inspired by her learning experiences as a wife and mom with a career and a ministry, she started writing and sharing her thoughts on her instagram account, Familia With Purpose. A multicultural parenting blog, Familia with Purpose reflects her trilingual family and their faith in Christ at the center of their lives to find wisdom, strength, joy and purpose. Valerie is passionate about sharing Biblical encouraging truths applied to purpose-driven motherhood and family life. Follow Valerie on Instagram @familiawithpurpose.
Rebekah McKee
Social Media Coordinator
Rebekah grew up homeschooling in South Florida with her 5 sisters. She received her elementary education degree and immediately moved across the world to be a missionary teacher with MTW in Romania. After her time in Romania, she moved to central Alabama to teach 4th grade in a Classical Christian School. She married her husband, Landon, and as soon as their first son was born they knew they wanted to homeschool. Rebekah now has 4 sons and is a second generation homeschooler raising her boys to know and serve the Lord. She loves to teach through music, movement, and lots of books. You can probably find Rebekah and her crew at church, the library, the park, hanging with their homeschool community, or at the kitchen table where they learn together. She cherishes these sanctifying and beautiful days she has with her children and loves learning how to be a boy mom and how to lead her little men to Jesus.
Apply to join our team!
Are you a homeschooling mom with a story to tell, wisdom to share, or encouragement to give? We’re looking for contributing writers to join Homeschool Mom Collective and inspire our community of gospel-centered moms!
Whether you’re a veteran homeschooler or just starting out, your unique perspective matters and will make an impact.
So excited and blessed to be a part of this team! I can’t wait to read everyone’s posts and learn from their experience!
Also, loved Cierra’s bio and felt so seen when she mentioned that she organizes homeschool supplies 100 times and makes 400+ snacks. Too funny!